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(NoModeL) W. HAGELBERG.

PICTURE CARD.

No. 422,522. Patented Mar. 4, 1890.

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WVOLFF HAGELBERG, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

PICTU RE-CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,522, dated March 4,1890. Application filed October 30, 1889. Serial No. 828,674. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1, Woman HAGELBERG, a resident of the city of Berlin,Germany, and a subject of the King of Prussia and. Emperor of Germany,have invented a new and useful improvement in PictureCards, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object a panoramic picture-card which can beplaced in an upright position, so as to exhibit to the eye of thespectator one, two, or more pictures, according to the manner in whichit is placed in position. Each picture may represent a differentsubject, or it may represent a subject in connection with one or more ofthe other cards.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I now proceedto describe the same in relation to the accompanying drawings, in whichlike letters refer to like parts throughout the figures."

Figure 1 represents a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a horizontal section,of my panoramic picture-card with its sides at right angles to the frontor in rectangular form. Figs. 3 and 4 represent, respectively, a frontelevation and a horizontal section of the same card, illustrating aright oblique rhomboidal arrangement of the parts. Figs. 5 and 6 represent, respectively, a front elevation and a horizontal section of thesame card, illustrating a left oblique rhomboidal arrangement; and Fig.7 represents a perspective view of the same card.

Like letters refer to corresponding parts in the several figures.

The whole panoramic card is composed of the front card A, in the shapeof an open frame, of two side cards B and O, and of a back card D. Theside cards are connected to the front and back cards by suitablehingelike connections 8 s. The whole card may therefore be placed sothat a horizontal section of the same will be quadratic or rectangular,Fig. 2, or so that it will be rhombic or rhomboidal, respectively. Therecangular figure may be altered to a rhombus either by displacement tothe right, Fig. 4, or to the left, Fig. (3. The card m(y be made of anysuitable material, such as leather, paper, or card-board.

The pictures on the card are arranged as follows: The front card shows apicture which is suited to its frame-like shape. picture may representthe entrance to a bower, the open window of a room allowing of a View ofthe street, the sea, or the proscenium of a stage. Both side cards havepictures b b and c c on either side, and the back card has one (1 on thefront side. The subjects to be illustrated may be chosen as desired; butit is preferable 'to choose a subject which has relation to the pictureon the frame or front card. If the card is placed in the position shownin Figs. 1 and 2, the spectator looking through the front card sees thepicture d of the back card D entirely and the farther or back parts ofthe inner pictures I) and c on the side cards. The pictures togetherhave therefore the pictorial effect of a panorama. \Vhen the front cardrepresents an open window, the three interior pictures may withadvantage show scenes of street life, 850. If the card is placed asshown in Figs. 3 and 4 or Figs. 5 and 6,the spectator sees in the formercase the picture I) on the inner side of the card B and the pic ture con the outside of the card 0, and in the latter case he sees the picture0 on the inner side of the card 0 and the picture I) on the outside ofthe card B. In all cases the picture of the front card is exposed to theeyes of the locker-on. It is not necessary to have any picture on thefront card, which may simply represent a frame, as indicated in thedrawings.

If the card is to be packed for storage and transport, it is folded fiattogether, so that the front card and a side card, the back card, and theother side card lie on one another.

The connection of the sectional cards of which the panoramic card iscomposed may be effected in various manners. For instance, in order toconnect the sides to the front card, a strip of linen s, Fig. 2, may bepasted between the pictures of each of the side cards and allowed toprotrude, the protruding ends being then bent over and pasted to theback of the front card. In the same manner the side cards may be fixedto the back card, or the edges of the back card may be bent over andpasted between the pictures of the side cards, as shown at s in Fig. 2.

The pictures on the side cards may be prothe columns of a portico facingThus the duced direct on the cards, or they may be pasted onto thelatter. A simpler manner to connect the sectional cards is to make thecards 13 C D in one piece and to have indents between them to allow offolding. The attachment of the cards B C D to the front card is theneifected by the free ends of the cards B and 0 being bent over andpasted on or otherwise fastened to the back of the front card. Thefolding places may be strengthened by linen strips. The pictures maythen be produced direct on the cardboards B O D, or they may be pastedor otherwise attached to the same.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I declarethat what I claim is- A panoramic picture-card composed of an uprightfront part in the shape of a frame having a suitable opening, twoupright side parts, each provided with pictures on both sides, and anupright back part provided with a picture on its face, the Whole unitedby hinge-like connections along the vertical edges of said side and backparts, whereby the same is adapted to stand successively in arectangular and in different rhomboidal forms for the exhibition ofdifferent collocations of the pictures relatively to the said frame andits opening, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WOLFF IIAGELBERG. Witnesses:

FRED. V. S. CROSBY, EMIL KOLLINER.

